PLENARY SESSIONS PROGRAMME 2026

Here we start our “Sneak Preview” with the Plenary session on Monday, 14th September, which opens the conference week. We would like to see everyone at this early time of the day, as the presentations are “Setting the Scene” of this conference. To save you time at the registration desk, we do not require you to wear the badge on Monday morning.

So what is the role of Photovoltaics in the Energy System? Or should we already say “The PV Energy System”, given the dramatic increase of PV as the one of the cheapest energy sources.

Welcome to our second “sneak” preview of the Plenary sessions of the 2026 EU PVSEC in Rotterdam.

The morning of Wednesday, 16^th September is reserved for two plenary sessions covering the technology innovations of PV solar energy conversion. Before the Session covering the mainstream Si-technologies we scheduled at 8:30 the sessionCP1 titled Thin-Film PV Technologies Towards Impact. The title reflects, to a certain extent, the situation that Si-PV constitutes by far the current markets and industries, due to its high efficiency and steep cost decrease. ...

Welcome to our preview of the last Plenary session EP.1 of the EU PVSEC 2026 on Friday, 18th September, titled Reliable PV Everywhere. At the end of the conference, you will be given some take-aways regarding the great achievements of PV technology, making it the reliable, affordable energy source of the future with countless applications everywhere on the globe.

The first presentation “What do PV Module Warranties Reveal about Reliability? Insights from Financial Disclosures and Independent Testing” given by Bert Herteleer of SUPSI in Switzerland digs deeply in the correlation of between independent reliability testing and Warranties.